Solution to 18D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.
ACROSS
8 He took many couples on a boat ride in Genoa harbour (4) NOAH [T]
9 Also, the hippopotamus initially gets fang (5) TOOTH {TOO}{The}{Hi...s}
10 Encounter setter with extra-terrestrial (4) MEET {ME}{ET}
11 California company hoards one type of cloth (6) CALICO {CAL}{1}{CO}
12 No seeker may make paraffin (8) KEROSENE*
13 Chef lies about floating platform of frozen water (3,5) ICE SHELF*
15 Father crushed almond (3,3) OLD MAN*
17 Wrongly wed in low visibility condition in North Central region of United States (7) MIDWEST {MI{WED*}ST}
19 Initially, a true saint went around tree (2,5) AT FIRST {A}{True}{FIR}{ST}
22 Hurt and love a couple of females at last (6) OFFEND {0}{FF}{END}
24 Manipulation of record about copper took place (8) OCCURRED {OC{CU}RRED*}
26 Talks softly, twisting her wisps (8) WHISPERS*
28 Otter turning around a circle (6) ROTATE {ROT{A}TE*}
30 To some extent, Ribbentrop's crooked (4) BENT [T]
31 Banish old flame on French island (5) EXILE {EX}{ILE}
32 Cuts backspin (4) NIPS<=
DOWN
1 Set dosa and aerated drink (4) SODA*
2 Woodcutter's equipment Indian observed after tea (8) CHAINSAW {IN}{SAW}<=>{CHA}
3 A large book about hotel is in (2,4) AT HOME {A}{T{H}OME}
4 Flew and dropped (4,3) TOOK OFF [DD]
5 Hares distribute amongst themselves (5,3) SHARE OUT {HARES}* [RA]
6 Commercial about dancing emus entertained (6) AMUSED {A{EMUS*}D}
7 Grassland has no slope (4) LEAN {LEA}{N}
14 Boss, Charlie is with decapitated robber (5) CHIEF {C}{tHIEF}
16 Passageway in Calais leaks (5) AISLE [T]
18 English dads wandering around hiding place made unhappy (8) S?D?E?E? (Addendum - SADDENED {E+DADS}* over {DEN} - See comments)
20 In the beginning, Indian Railway train carrying tritium derailed, producing a source of discomfort (8) IRRITANT {In..n}{Ra...y}{TRAIN+T}*
21 Rio cars driven around for pirate (7) CORSAIR*
23 Um... Saturday's last letter is fake (6) ERSATZ {ER}{SAT}{Z}
25 Nurses, including his heart and tooth decay (6) CARIES {CAR{hIs}ES}
27 Harbour creature's foot part (4) HEEL {H}{EEL}
29 Faucet with European measuring equipment (4) TAPE {TAP}{E}
Reference List
Extra-terrestrial = ET, Company = CO, Saint = ST, Female = F, Old flame = EX, Island in French = ILE, Hotel = H, Commercial = AD, No = N, Charlie = C, English = E, Harbour = H, European = E
18D Saddened - unhappy
ReplyDeleteDads* + E(nglish) + Den*
Den - hiding place
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DeleteAnnotation incorrect
DeleteSlight tweaking is needed.
Delete(sad(den)(e)d*)
DeleteEarlier one is almost correct. Just a little change.
DeleteDen around - ned?
Delete(Sadd*) + E + ned
Missed out on 7dn
ReplyDeleteYes, smooth sailing as expected- in spite of corsair's presence!
ReplyDelete15 men on a dead man's chest...
DeleteGowri, Paddy has informed you correctly. Here's one of his Plum quotes which fits me to a T:
ReplyDelete“At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.”
― P.G. Wodehouse , Uneasy Money
I am not yet seventy, leave alone the later seventies. Paddy, incidentally, might have just achieved the landmark age.
Yes, you are absolutely right. Somehow PGW & CW seem to go together. We have quite a few here. Did you not make a Plum special sometime ago?
ReplyDeleteThank u Kishore & Paddy.
ReplyDelete& u know what, I actually agree with PGW here. To a tee! 😊
Naturally!!
ReplyDeletePrior to noon. did manage to solve all except 23-D. All said and done, thank you Mr. Kishore Rao for compiling another interesting CW grid of tricky clues. In fact, I feel excessively tough clues are not ideal for the weekdays and they could be reserved for Sundays or other holidays.
ReplyDeleteLovely grid Kishore!
ReplyDeleteMany seemingly simple clues are v creative!
Like - OFFEND, ERSATZ, AT FIRST.
Thank u for a nice & breezy fare! (Eventhough not a single food item is there!)
Nicely finished . very interesting grid. Thank you Incognito.
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